Parkinson continues to soar in chilly weather

SNOWBOARDING: After gaining a national title in the snow, Jesse Parkinson's Olympic dreams are as intense as ever.

The 11-year-old beach-going Yaroomba local claimed his title after overcoming 50 other like-minded youth to win the division three Snowboard Slopestyle at the Australian Interschools Snowsports Championships at Mt Buller.

The award is yet another milestone for Jesse, who was also selected into the Ski and Snowboard Australia's Park and Pipe emerging talent program for the second year in a row recently.

"I first started snowboarding to have fun and now to know that I'm getting better and that I'm able to win these competitions makes me feel really good,” he said.

Although the title at Mt Buller was his first in snow, Jesse also holds one in wakeboarding too.

Now, Jesse is keen to further develop his skills and will travel to Switzerland soon in a bid to achieve the goal.

Jesse and his father Dean will make the trip after being invited by renowned park builder Charles Beckinsale.

The Coolum State High School student will hit some of the biggest jumps he's ever faced and will have the opportunity to rub shoulders with Olympic talents.

"All the national teams are going over there like the Canadian Olympic team, Norwegian Olympic team and all those guys are going over there,” he said.

He wasn't fazed by the size of the jumps he'll hit either.

"Even though they are like 70 foot, which is bigger than I've actually hit, they're built safely so it's not very worrying to try new stuff and hit the bigger jumps,” he said.

And he plans to use the experience to build on his repertoire of tricks.

"Because the jumps are bigger I'm trying to land double flips and I'm working on a backside double cork 1080,” he said.

Jesse said he spent about seven months of the year travelling to snow hotspots, including Japan, to further his skills.

He takes his school work with him when he's away and regularly Skypes with teachers.

"My main goal is just having fun and progressing and hopefully making it to the Olympics and X Games one day and doing well,” he said.